The statues were discovered under the muddy ruins of an ancient bathhouse in San Casciano dei Bagni, a hilltop town in the Siena province, about 160km (100 miles) north of the capital Rome.

Nero, who ruled from A.D. 54 to 68, is often remembered as one of history’s most notorious emperors, his reputation steeped ...

Rome is undergoing a facelift for the pope's 2025 Jubilee celebrations, but a month before it starts, much of the Eternal ...

Vatican City, The Pantheon and Vatican Museums: 3 of the most interesting places to visit while staying in Rome.

The obscene graffiti directed against Caracalla and Geta in Gladiator II then is part of a long tradition of political ...

Statues don’t talk, evidently ... reads: I was once a citizen of ancient Rome. / Now they call me Abate Luigi. / I won eternal fame in urban satire / Along with Marforio and Pasquino. / I suffered ...

Unlike the romantic weddings of today, marriage in ancient Rome was an arrangement between two families. Like much of Roman society, it was highly structured but also logical and, in some ways ...